DSS Modelling

14 days between April 1 and April 21, 2000²

3 days in October / November 2000²

April 1 – 13, 2001 [13 days]

-Assist in the calibration of the water quality module of the Nile dss;

-Provide on-the-job-training to the nwrp- and dri-teams with respect to the use of the the Delta dss and the interpretation of results;

-Complete the facilities and procedures for data exchange between the Delta dss  and the Nile dss;

-Perform troubleshooting with respect to problems identified.

E. van Beek (delft hydraulics)

Project Co-ordination

February 21 – 25, 2001 [5 days]

August 17 – 27, 2001 [11 days]

January 15 – 23, 2002 [9 days]

February 15 – 22, 2002 [8 days]

March 22 – 31, 2002 [10 days]

April 23 – 30, 2002 [8 days]

June 8 – 16, 2002 [9 days]

August 9 – 19, 2002 [11 days]

September 28 – October 7, 2002 [10 days]

November 9 – 18, 2002 [10 days]

January 30 – February 10, 2003 [12 days]

February 16 – 23, 2003 [8 days]

March 30 – April 4, 2003 [6 days]

May 10 -21, 2003 [12 days]

July 12 – 20, 2003 [9 days]

August 4 – 11, 2003 [8 days]

8 days in the period December 13 – 24, 2003

January 13 – 18, 2004 [6 days]

March 13 – 21, 2004 [9 days]

May 21 – 29, 2004 [9 days]

August 1 – 9, 2004 [9 days]

-Review progress of the project in general;

-Advise on the methodology with respect to development and evaluation of alternative management strategies;

-Contribute to the preparation of a discussion paper on the draft strategy (‘Facing the Challenge’);

-Advise on the outline of the National Water Resources Plan and contribute to the preparation of the Plan;

-Advise on the preparation of an Investment Plan and an Implementation Plan;

-Assist in the preparation of Workshops and Conferences;

-Assist in the formulation of follow-up activities (nwrp II)

Institutional Development

March 17 – 29, 2002 [13 days]

April 22 – 30, 2002 [9 days]

November 10 – 18, 2002 [9 days]

March 28 – April 4, 2003 [8 days]

-Translate the various strategies developed as part of the nwrp into proposals for institutional strengthening

-Define the role of the Planning Sector with respect to water resources planning after completion of the nwrp project;

-Prepare for and participate in the 1st nwrp National Conference

-Assist in the preparation of the  nwrp contribution to the second Round Table Conference on Institutional Reform

Water Quality and Pollution Control

3 days in November 1998²

January 22 – 28, 1999 [7 days]

April 17 – 23, 1999 [7 days]²

May 1 – 21, 1999 [21 days]

August 28 – September 24, 1999 [28 days]

October 30 – November 12, 1999 [14 days]

December 7 – 20, 1999 [14 days]

January 24 – February 10, 2000 [18 days]

April 1 – 14, 2000 [15 days]

5 days between May 27 and June 9, 2000²

4 days in July 2000²

4 days in November 2000²

April 29 – May 15, 2001 [17 days]

September 3 – 16, 2001 [14 days]

November 16 – 30, 2001 [15 days]

February 2 – 15, 2002 [14 days]

June 5 – 19, 2002 [15 days]

February 15 – 22, 2003 [8 days]

-Identify problems related to water quality management, in

    particular with respect to diffuse sources;

-Provide support to the ongoing dss development with an

    emphasis on the water quality component;

-Provide support to the analysis of water quality data;

-Prepare nwrp Technical report No.5 on Water Quality and

     Pollution Control.

-Assist the mwriTask Force on Water Quality Priorities and

     Strategies;

-Participate in the development of criteria / indicators for evaluation of environmental and water quality objectives;

-Reviewthe distribution of water treatment plants in the schematisation of the dss;

-Assess the characteristics of present agricultural wastewater generation;

-Make an assessment of developments with respect to the legal framework as far as relevant to nwrp

-Participate in development of water quality strategies;

-Participate in the preparation of a Workshop on Sanitation and Public Health and prepare a presentation focused on potential measures;

-Prepare a proposal for further elaboration of the proper approach as a potential measure to reduce industrial pollution;

-Assist the teams of the Drainage Research Institute and the nwrp project in the assessment of water quality parameters in the year 2017, using the nwrp Decision Support System, with and without appropriate measures to improve water quality;

-Review and complete the chapters on public health and environment of the draft strategy document “Facing the Challenge” and the National Water Resources Plan;

-Participate in the preparation of a workshop on industrial pollution; in order to obtain an agreement with relevant stakeholders on measures to reduce pollution by industries;

-Contribute to the preparation of a workshop with Advisory and Technical Committees on the finalisation of the draft strategy.

Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

September 25 – October 17, 1999 27 days]

February 26 – March 9, 2000 [13 days]

May 26 – June 2, 2000 [8 days]

October 2 – 10, 2000 [9 days]

-Guide the local consultants in the methodology of their survey

    activities in all Governorates with respect to collection of data

    related to municipal and industrial water supply and wastewater;

-Design the general outline of the database for storage of the data

    collected by the local consultants;

-Determine municipal and industrial water demands, and provide

     estimates of costs and benefits of water saving, recycling and

    improved process technologies in various types of industries;

-Review the ongoing and planned activities to reduce

Unaccounted for Water, including an estimate of costs/benefits

Water Resources Management

October 9 - 23, 1998 [15 days]

November 28 - December 25, 1998 [28 days]

April 9 – 23, 1999 [15 days]

May 14 – 27, 1999 [14 days]

-Facilitate a smooth connection between the nwrpProject and

     the preceding sps Project;

-Define preliminary policy objectives and indicators to be

used in the assessment of water management strategies

-Participate in the preparation of the Inception Report

Institutional Development

April 9 – 23 [15 days]

10 days between October 1 – 20, 1999²

12.5 days between March 13 - April 3, 2000²

September 29 – October 12, 2000 [14 days]

January 19 – February 2, 2001 [15 days]

October 5 – 19,2001 [15 days]

-Participate in the development of a coordination framework for

stakeholder participation;

-Advise on actions to enhance ownership of the project by mwri

-Advise the local consultants on the methodology of a baseline survey in the Governorates;

-Prepare a stakeholders analysis based on the abovementioned survey, in close co-operation with E.A.P.;

-Make an assessment of developments in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation with respect to institutional reform, with particular emphasis on visions towards privatisation and decentralisation;

-Investigate the developments in revision of Law 12 for Irrigation and Drainage (epiq & Water Boards);

-Co-ordinate with the nwrp policy preparation expert and the nwrp team to incorporate the required institutional changes in the draft policy to be prepared during the nwrp project.

Water Distribution Modelling

July 16 – 30 [15 days]

October 31 – November 11, 1999 [12 days]

April 11 - 21, 2000 [11 days]

-Adapt the set of tools and models that form the Nile dss, in

    order to make them suitable for the nwrp project;

-Implement these models into the dss and make a connection

     of the models in view of the required interaction;

-Provide training to the nwrp-team with respect to model

    schematisation;

-Contribute to the preparation of nwrp Technical Report No.4

on the nwrpdss

-Extend the ribasimwater distribution model with a groundwater component.

Water Quality

March 2 – 18, 2002 [17 days]

-Provide assistance to the nwrpstaff in the investment planning of potential measures related to public health and environment;

-Provide assistance to the nwrp team in analysing the effect of measures on water quality, including the preparation of presentation material;

-Review the activities of the Drainage Research Institute with respect to completion of a report about the Delta dss calibration and the analyses of Base Year 1997 and Reference Case 2017;

-Discuss progress in elaboration of the proper approach as a potential measure to reduce pollution by industries.

-Assist in the preparations for a nwrp Workshop on Domestic Sanitation and Public Health.

Agricultural Economics

March 13 - 26, 1999 [14 days]

May 9 – 25, 1999 [17 days]

April 11 – 21, 2000 [11 days]

June 16 – 30, 2000 [15 days]

7 days between Feb. 9 – March 8, 2002²

-Review the present food policy objectives and their translation

    into water resources policy objectives;

-Define planning objectives for water resources development

    and criteria for the assessment of measures and strategies

-Identify possible future food policies, based on experience in

    other countries

-Assist in development of water demand scenarios;

-Assist in the preparation of an app/nwrp workshop on optimum water use for food security, present a keynote paper and prepare a report on the conclusions and recommendations.

Water Quality Management

April 9 – 22, 1999 [14 days]

19 days between May 4 – July 5, 2001

January 18 – 28, 2002 [11 days]

November 13 – 19, 2002

-Identify problems related to water quality management,

    especially related to industrial and municipal wastewater;

-Identify potential measures and strategies related to water quality and environment in general and wastewater treatment in particular;

-   Make an assessment of requirements for institutional reform from the point of view of water quality management;

-Advise on the format and contents of the Policy Document to be prepared by the nwrp team.

Groundwater Modelling

24.5 days between April – September 2000²

28 days between Oct.2000 - March 2001²

20 days between April - September 2001²

1.6 days in December 2001²

-Act as a liaison between rigw and the nwrp project with respect to development of groundwater models required for nwrp;

-Review the available data on groundwater potential, quality and vulnerability;

-Advise on groundwater development in the fringes of the Nile system and in the desert areas and prepare Technical Reports on these subjects;

Modelling

November 21 - December 11, 1998 [15 days]

Institutional and Legal expertise

April 9 – 23, 1999 [15 days]

November 3 – 17, 2000 [15 days]

-Introduce the Dutch experience with an open planning process

    in developing a national water resources plan;

-Advise on the framework for a National Water Resources Plan;

-Assess what activities are required with respect to improvement

   of the legal framework, taking into account ongoing activities;

-Review institutional arrangements for pollution control and monitoring;

Public Health

12 days between April 26 – May 11, 2000²

-Make an inventory of water-related health issues using statistical or epidemological data from Egypt or other countries;

-Identify priority measures that will have a beneficial effect on health;

-Identify criteria or indicators that can be used to evaluate whether a measure or strategy has a positive impact on health.

Socio-Economics

October 21 – November 16, 2001 [27 days]

April 3 – 24, 2002 [22 days]

June 17 – July 4, 2002 [18 days]

October 28 – November 14, 2002 [18 days]

January 5 – 23, 2003 [19 days]

-Assist the nwrp team in simulations with the asme agro-economic model;

-Assist in the preparation of cost estimates and investment planning related to water management measures;

-Contribute to the nwrp Technical Report describing all potential and recommended water management measures;

Water Quality and Pollution Control

January 22 – February 5, 1999 [15 days]

-Identify problems related to water quality management, including the identification of pollution sources (especially from industrial and municipal waste water) and ranking of water quality problems;

-Identify potential measures related to water quality management within the context of national water resources planning;

-Review options for (re-)use of low quality water.

Irrigation and Drainage

January 22 – February 5, 1999 [15 days]

November 26 – December 10, 1999 [15 days]

February 4 – 25, 2000 [22 days]

March 31 – April 14, 2000 [16 days]

June 13 – 29, 2000 [17 days]

April 22 – May 11, 2001 [20 days]

January 4 – 23, 2002 [20 days]

March 19 – April 12, 2002 [25 days]

-Review the proposed set-up of the nwrp Decision Support System with a focus on agricultural pollution of surface waters;

-Discuss agricultural policies with stakeholders;

-Assess current policies of mwri to reduce agricultural water use and formulate other potential measures;

-Deliver a lecture on reuse of drainage water.

-Provide assistance to dri on simulations with the siware model, in particular with respect to iip, increased drainage water reuse, land levelling, controlled drainage and improved system operation;

-Advise on the use of sub-surface drains for salinity control;

-Review the water balance with emphasis on crop consumptive use;

-Advise on the interaction between drainage water reuse and the Irrigation Improvement Project;

-Assist in preparation of a Workshop on Water and Agriculture, and present the conclusions of evaluation of measures;

-Participate in the ongoing programme of on-the-job training of nwrp and dri  staff with special emphasis on the evaluation of measures.

G.van Rootselaar (arcadis euroconsult)

Livestock Development

April 12 – 18, 2000 [7 days]

December 17 – 21, 2000 [5 days]

-Check the structure and data of the animal husbandry section of the asme model for its capacity to adequately reflect the developments in this sector at a level appropriate for a national plan;

-Adapt and calibrate the livestock module of the asme model.

Water Quality Modelling

July 17 – 30, 1999 [14 days]

November 13 – December 2, 1999 [20 days]

March 18 – April 7, 2000 [21 days]

August 12 – 25, 2000 [14 days]

18 days in October / November 2000,

April 9 – May 2, 2001 [24 days]

June 29 – July 13, 2001 [15 days]

August 19 – September 7, 2001 [18 days]

-Adapt the set of tools and models which form the Nile DSS, in

    order to make them suitable for the nwrp project;

-Implement these models into the DSS and make a connection

     of the models in view of the required interaction;

-Provide training to the nwrp-team with respect to

    schematisation and operation of the wlm and delwaq models

    and interpretation of model results;

-Contribute to the preparation of nwrp Technical Report No.4

on the nwrp-dss ;

-Update the wlm manual;

-Implement the connection between the Nile dss and Delta dss;

-Evaluate potential water quality measures and strategies;

-Contribute to Interim Report No.1, chapter on dss;

-Advise on present waste loads from different sources in the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta;

-Provide on-the-job training with respect to the use of the water quality modules in the Nile dss and the interpretation of results.

E.B. Smidt (iwaco)

Groundwater

9 days in period January – March ²

20 days in period April – June 1999²

4 days in period August – September 1999²

-Review the national groundwater resources;

-Assess the coverage of the country by groundwater models

    and their applicability for national water resources planning;

-Identify problems and potential measures related to

    groundwater quality management;

-Identify options for use of non-conventional water resources

-Assist rigw in fulfilling their contract for the nwrp project.

A.A.M.M.F.R. Smit (alterra)

Irrigation and Drainage

December 5 – 18, 1998 [14 days]

November 26 – December 10, 1999 [15 days]

March 24 – 30, 2000 [6 days]

15 days between Feb.3 and March 3, 2001

-Review, in co-operation with dri, the status of the available

     siware schematisations of the Nile Delta and the possible

     need for modification of these schematisations;

-Develop potential water saving measures for the Nile Delta.

-Recalibrate the siware model for the Eastern Delta;

-Operationalise the El Salaam Canal extension of the model;

-Advise on the method of integration of the siware model

    for the Nile Delta in the nwrp-dss;

-Contribute to the preparation of nwrp Technical Report No.4

    on the nwrp-dss;

-Assist dri in the use of the Delta dss for Base Year, Reference Case and future strategies.

F. v. Steenbergen (arcadis euroconsult)

Institutional Development

3 days in December 2001²

April 25 – 30, 2002 [6 days]

-Provide a close link and interaction between the nwrp project and activities on institutional reform outside the project.

-Review the nwrp strategy approach with a view to institutional reform;

-Prepare for and participate in the nwrp National Conference.

H.J. Sterk (Ministry of Transport, PW&WM)

Policy Preparation

August 19 – 27, 2001 [9 days]

-Participate in internal project discussions on possible approaches of the policy preparation process in Egypt;

-Assist in formulating the plan of action to implement the recommended policy preparation approach in the project

-Lecture the project team (and other interested parties) on Netherlands experience in policy preparation.

A.C. Thiadens (iwaco)

Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

17 days between March 16 – April 6, 2001

-Analyse the results of the National Survey carried out by Darwish Consulting Engineers on assessment of Municipal and Industrial (M&I) water supply and wastewater;

-Assess the future M&I demands (year 2017) and planned expansion of drinking water supply;

-Analyse the National Survey carried out by Darwish Consulting Engineers on assessment of present M&I wastewater treatment;

-Assess the planned expansion of wastewater treatment plants;

-Screen potential measures with respect to impact and viability;

-Prepare a Technical Report to summarise the results of the above tasks

A. Tuinhof (iwaco)

Non Conventional Water Resources

June 12 – 19, 2000 [8 days]

November 12 – 24, 2000 [13 days]

February 15 – March 1, 2001 [15 days]

-Assess methods and potential for development of non-conventional water resources such as rainfall harvesting, artificial recharge using flash floods, use of brackish groundwater, conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater, and desalination;

-Provide costs estimates of various water supply techniques

C. Veeningen (delft hydraulics)

Team Leader

October 10 – 24, 2002 [15 days]

C. Veeningen (continued)

December 10 – 24, 2002 [15 days]

January 10 – 23, 2003 [14 days]

February 15 – 28, 2003 [14 days]

March 29 – April 11, 2003 [14 days]

May 2 – 9, 2003 [8 days]

August 15 – 22, 2003 [8 days]

January 10 – 18, 2004 [9 days]

July 16 – 23, 2004 [8 days]

February 26 – March 7, 2005 [10 days]

-Review the progress of the project and advise on the planning of activities;

-Prepare Annual Plans and Budgets;

-Prepare Progress Reports;

-Edit Technical Reports and draft versions of the National Water Resources Plan;

-Assist in preparation of AC and TC meetings;

-Assist in preparation of Workshops and Conferences;

O. van de Velde (riza)

Policy Development

March 29 – April 11, 2003 [14 days]

May 2 – 14, 2003 [13 days]

-Contribute to the preparation of an implementation framework for the nwrp;

-Contribute to the preparation of a Policy Document on the nwrp   

A. Vermeulen (iwaco)

Groundwater Modelling / Databases

24.5 days in October – December 1999²

11 days in January 2000²

8 days in March 2000²

-Advise on the database requirements and database structure of the nwrp project, resulting in a functional design, and advise on the preparation of the technical design;

-Advise the Local Consultants in the development of a database for collection of data on industrial and municipal water and wastewater, for data presentation at various levels of aggregation (local, regional, national), and to assure the easy accessibility of the data for use in the nwrp Decision Support System and for general use;

-Assist the modelling group of the rigw in the development of the groundwater models of the Nile Delta and Valley, aiming at guaranteeing that the output of the models will fit into the surface water models of the nwrp-dss;

-Act as liason between the nwrp project and the other activities defined in the ToR of the rigw;

-Provide training to members of the nwrp project team in the use of the groundwater models applied in the nwrp-dss

R. van der Weert (delft hydraulics)

Water Resources Planning

18 days in October – November 2002

19 days in January – April 2003

-Contribute to the assessment of the impact of the selected water management strategy on the water resources system;

-Contribute to the drafting of the National Water Resources Plan.

J.W. Wesseling (delft hydraulics)

Project Co-ordination

October 20 – 28, 1999 [8 days]

April 7 – 14, 2000 [8 days]

-Review the progress of the project;

-Review project reports;

-Participate in meetings of the Steering Committee and the Technical Committee on the project workplan and the role and responsibilities of the committees;

-Participate in the analysis of water resources problems and identification of measures and strategies.

H. van Zon (arcadis euroconsult)

Fisheries

November 8 – 21, 1999 [14 days]

June 17 – 30, 2000 [14 days]

March 30 – April 13, 2001 [15 days]

-Advise the local consultants on the set-up of their data collection programme with respect to fisheries;

-Determine trends in fisheries / aquaculture production in the various parts of the inland water system and assess to what extent these trends are affected by changes in water quality and water quantity;

-Determine the fishery potential of the Coastal Lakes under various flushing conditions and determine the potential for aquaculture using agricultural drainage water;

-Assess, in cooperation with the Research Institute for Groundwater (rigw), the potential for aquaculture using brackish groundwater.

-Prepare nwrp Technical Report No.6 on Fisheries and Water Resources;

-Participate in the preparation of a workshop for stakeholders from the fisheries and aquaculture sector and related ministries;

-Evaluate the conclusions of the workshop in terms of objectives to be included in the National Water Resources Plan and measures to fulfil the objectives. As much as possible, estimates of costs and benefits of measures should be included.;

-Make recommendations on the continuation of the process to assure the proper involvement of the fisheries sector in the National Water Resources Plan..

M. Zwanenburg (arcadis euroconsult)

Water Economics

May 14 – 26, 2000 [13 days]

-Collect information on present practice and developments with respect to water pricing, cost recovery, taxes and subsidies, both in Egypt and in other countries.

-Assist in the identification of the "reference case 2017" = the development during the next 20 years if only the present policies are continued;

-Assist in the identification of financial measures to improve the balance between the future supply and demand..